{"product_id":"the-satanic-verses-salman-rushdie-paperback","title":"The Satanic Verses -- Salman Rushdie, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\" A] torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions. In this spectacular novel, verbal pyrotechnics barely outshine its psychological truths.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses\u003c\/i\u003e is Salman Rushdie's best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is just the initial act in a magnificent odyssey that seamlessly merges the actual with the imagined. A book whose importance is eclipsed only by its quality, \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003eis a key work of our times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Satanic Verses \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Salman Rushdie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.52w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812976717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of twelve novels--\u003ci\u003eGrimus, Midnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker), \u003ci\u003eShame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights\u003c\/i\u003e--and one collection of short stories: \u003ci\u003eEast, West\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published four works of nonfiction--\u003ci\u003eJoseph Anton, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStep Across This Line\u003c\/i\u003e--and co-edited two anthologies, \u003ci\u003eMirrorwork\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2008\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Salman Rushdie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49655913578724,"sku":"9780812976717","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780812976717.jpg?v=1786780429","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/the-satanic-verses-salman-rushdie-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}